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Jabberwocky

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  1. I think we owe all of this recent recruiting success to this guy right here...
  2. The media partners were enforcing their contract terms with the Big 12 and the Big 12 was concurrently negotiating their contract terms with UTOU. It obviously doesn't make sense for the Big12 to cut UTOU loose from the 99 year GOR to subsequently be fucked by their media partners for breaking the media rights contract. This.
  3. The bylaws are only enforcable through a valid GOR. That is what they are arguing against.
  4. The members of a conference cannot vote another member into signing a GOR. Let's put it this way, so we are clear. The GOR is a rights agreement between the school and the conference. The Media rights contract is an agreement between the conference and their media partners. Both of these end in July 2024 for the Pac-12. No school in the Pac-12 would sign a new GOR without an acceptable media rights contract waiting. That would be crazy.
  5. The SDSU situation is completely different. They have a valid media contract that extends to July 2026. The MWC media contract and GOR do not expire next year. In the case of the Big 12, I believe the GOR was for a 99 year term, and the media rights contract expired in July 2025. In that case UTOU had to pay an exit penalty to retain their media rights.
  6. Well, for arguments sake, let's say that Thunder is correct, and the members are locked into the Pac 12. Does it carry any meaning for them to be locked into a conference with no contract for their media rights? Wouldn't the schools then be able to shop their media rights anywhere they wanted while still being somehow "locked" in the Pac 12?
  7. No, they are all the same. How can you magically be locked into a conference with no legal terms? The GOR and media contract are the legal terms.
  8. They won't be stuck because the Pac GOR and media contract end July 2024. Therefore, they can go wherever the hell they want after that point, without penalty. They don't have to give a prior notice of some certain length of time because they can simply say, "we are not signing this new deal, goodbye and good luck."
  9. I think the schools in the Pac will wait however long it takes to see a media deal presented to them. They will wait for this deal because their preference is to stay in the Pac. What intrigues me is the game of chicken that will take place between UOWU and the B1G after that deal is presented. Even if teams start leaving after this media deal is presented I don't think UOWU has a spot in the B1G. However, they might wait in the Pac 8, 6, 4 forever just hoping for an invite.
  10. Perhaps, but I am not certain what that means for them. Does that mean playing all their games on BTN and Peacock for 6 years while making pennies compared to the other teams in the B1G? Are FOX, CBS, and NBC going to pony up for them 6 years in the future, just out of the goodness of their hearts? Will these schools in the B1G actually vote them in if it means less exposure amd no increase in revenue? Consider me skeptical. We have already witnessed the difference between expectations and reality when it comes to schools in the Pac. Why didn't the B1G just add them when they took the LA schools?
  11. I am thinking they are exhausted. How could they get in during this contract cycle? Is money going to drop from the sky? Is Minnesota and Wisconsin going to give up their seat on NBC to play their games on Peacock or BTN?
  12. So, they would choose not to be on tv for home games, and maybe not even for away games with the sort of schedule they might be able to cobble together? Unlikely.
  13. It isn't that simple. Otherwise they would be in the B1G already.
  14. My question is, at this point how would they get into the B1G? The B1G schedule for 24 is set and the media windows are well saturated. Who in the B1G is going to want give up their network window to play on the conference network or Peacock? Who in the B1G is going to want to make less money at this point?
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